South Wales Aviation Museum

Aviation museum in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales

51°25′11″N 3°26′21″W / 51.41972°N 3.43917°W / 51.41972; -3.43917TypeAviation museumOwnerGary Spoors & John Sparks^[1]Nearest car parkYes, on siteWebsitewww.swam.online

The South Wales Aviation Museum (SWAM) is an aviation museum in Bro Tathan North, St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales on part of the former MOD St Athan. It was set up to preserve the aviation history of South Wales, UK.

Exhibits

Exhibits present in the museum are as follows:^[2]^[3]

Avro Shackleton
BAe Hawk
BAe Sea Harrier
British Aerospace 146
Beagle Terrier
Blackburn Buccaneer
de Havilland Sea Devon
de Havilland Vampire
de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk
English Electric Canberra
Fairey Gannet
Folland Gnat
Gloster Meteor
Hawker Hunter
Hawker Tempest
Handley Page Victor
Hawker Siddeley Harrier
Hawker Siddeley Nimrod
Hunting Jet Provost
McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG.1/FGR.2
Panavia Tornado
Percival Pembroke
Percival Sea Prince
Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer
SEPECAT Jaguar
Vickers VC10
Westland Sea King
Westland Wessex

References

^ "Governance". Charity Commission. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
^ "What's to see at SWAM". SWAM. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
^ "South Wales Aviation Museum". Demobbed. Retrieved 18 August 2023.

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